AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2020

One of the biggest challenges event planners face when hosting a virtual event is ensuring high levels of audience engagement. Virtual events carry many benefits to event organizers and planners. One style of virtual event production that can resolve this complication is Simulive. What is Simulive?

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John Kenyon

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Make It Relevant and Hands-On – Nobody wants to sit through text heavy slides or abstract lectures. Don’t treat tech training like a one-time event. Mix up your approach with written instructions, video demonstrations, interactive workshops, and personalized coaching. Three Essentials for Powerful Tech Training 1.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We hear a lot these days about virtual events. They’ve become a must-have for associations trying to replace lost revenue and member engagement from cancelled events. As you move in-person events online – or create all-new virtual events – there are a few things you can do to ensure success. Build a plan. Get feedback.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Needless to say, without good SEO, you’ve got a very slim chance of being found by people searching for things you offer (events, fundraising opportunities, volunteer opportunities, programs, etc). Do you run fundraising events? So what do you want to be known for on the web? Do you offer local or national programs?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

I had all kinds of preconceived notions about what I would find in Jakarta, but nothing prepared me for the massive skin diseases, people with all of their skin flaking off, people who had leprosy so badly that most of their fingers and toes were gone, and their skin was so mottled it looked like it was sliding off their bodies.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The best way to learn about virtual fundraising events is to hear from those who’ve experienced them. We recently wrapped up our 2021 Collaborative: Virtual Sessions event here at Classy. The event brought together over 50 speakers and thousands of nonprofit professionals from across the social sector.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

It is typically one-way, [ 1 ] from the speaker to the audience with limited audience interaction, such as in a webcast. I will be posting my slides on SlideShare and this blog after the event to continue the conversation started during the webinar. More Information and Register Now! How you can join.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

I’m really excited and honored to be speaking today at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX, on a panel with Beth Kanter, Dave Neff, Holly Ross and Kari Saratovsky. Here are some of my thoughts going into the conversation and slides if you prefer engaging that way: Crowdsourcing for Social Change.

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Global Giving

APRIL 10, 2020

As entire countries move “in person” conferences and events to virtual ones in the time of COVID-19, I want to help out. If you are suddenly tasked with turning an event into a webinar, these nonprofit video conferencing tips are for you. Use more slides than you think you need, and think visually.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below, I’ve shared my keynote remarks and slides and I hope you’ll share your ideas and further the conversation in the comments. Well, at least in my opinion, the definition of a library includes the community – those that come every day, those that come to events or use the services, and those that haven’t yet engaged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

Using Google Hangout, you can switch between slides and camera, although when you are in slide mode, you can’t see the remote participants. The Google Hangout was projected on the screen. I was invited to present a key note at the Mekong ICT Camp in Thailand about nonprofits, social media, and measurement.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Below are my slides and a round-up of tips for getting started with a more engaged membership responding to your emails! Events – people that attended an event are more likely to care about follow up than the rest of your list so be sure you track who came so you can share pictures, details or next steps.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

This is a free event. This is a free event. The goal of the contest is to create new applications using data from Sunlight and its partners to make Congress more accountable, interactive and transparent. So, there are many useful events to look forward to in the coming months! Slide photo credit: Gisela Giardino ).

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2011

There's plenty on the calendar but we want to be sure that a few special events make it to your calendars, too: Innogive, CiviCRM Training, and Penguin Day. This event is aimed at administrators and technical users at organizations that are either using CiviCRM or interested in evaluating it.

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2020

One of the biggest challenges event planners face when hosting a virtual event is ensuring high levels of audience engagement. Virtual events carry many benefits to event organizers and planners. One style of virtual event production that can resolve this complication is Simulive. What is Simulive?

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The MatrixFiles

JUNE 15, 2021

BeSpeake clients have: Paid closer attention to the content and slides. Worked with their speakers to add interactive elements, from polls to contests. Maybe I’m just navigationally challenged but better signage and more thoughtful grouping of the sessions and events would help me, and, I suspect, many others.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

It’s back-to-school time for many countries and that means a switch from summer programs, outdoor community events, and many youth campaigns. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) The parties, the dances, the school events, they all helped shape many of the memories from being school-aged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

For me the interesting design challenge is how to make it an interactive and meaningful experience for those who are watching at their desktops. I think it requires a moderator or perhaps two moderators who work together to weave together the online discussion into the real-time event. .

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The new space was phenomenal—from outdoor climbing and obstacle courses, interactive exhibits that spanned life-size light-up games, to aeronautics with flying balls, to roller coaster physics, to water play with sound bowls. Adults had as much fun as the children. There was just one problem.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2012

As interactive producer for TechSoup in San Francisco, I have. produced many dynamic web presentations and events with nonprofits, testing new tools and production techniques. conferences and public events. we encourage interactive feedback through Twitter using the hashtag. time-strapped causes. Two years ago, I began.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Normally I''m interacting with nonprofit professionals virtually, so it was a refreshing and rewarding experience to meet up with nonprofit folks in person and hear more about their challenges and concerns, as well as their successes when it comes to technology. To learn more, check out the slides from Steve presentation.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

In preparation for my involvement at the seminar I’m participating in the NCVO’s “Ask the Expert&# – an opportunity for NCVO members to pose questions and get answers prior to the main event. For more: What Will Online Giving Look Like Next Year. 2009 eNonprofit Benchmark Study.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

On June 7th TechSoup representatives Elliot Harmon, Susan Tenby, and Evonne Heyning will present in a unique Interactive Strategy event at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans, LA ( NCVS ). Live: Participatory Events, Webinars, Conversations, Local and Global. We think Watchitoo.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Nationwide stay at home orders and continued concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic have led many businesses and event planners to shift from physical events to a virtual format. . If this is your first time hosting a virtual conference or any virtual event for that matter, the process may seem daunting.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Interact – FB Live Stream, Hashtag (Tweet Chat), Comments. This was a Livestream powered event billed as “America’s Sunday Supper” in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr., part of a national event to inspire giving and local leadership. Categories : show, share, interact. Authenticate. Open source.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

The presentation slides have been uploaded to Slideshare. This was one of our most interactive webinars - it was filled with community organizers, after all - the Twitter stream and chat channel were delightfully out of control! Check out the event Storify Praan put together. Leave a comment below!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Buy a dual-event pass to learn and save even more (TC Early Stage – Marketing and Fundraising runs July 8-9 ). At TC Early Stage, you’ll take part in interactive sessions and learn from the leading experts and investors who span the range of the startup ecosystem — operations, product lifecycle, fundraising and recruiting for starters.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

And just a couple of quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session and we’ll be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. We want to keep it as interactive as possible. . I don’t know about you, but I pulled this slide deck open to update it.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

Fundraising Events. Charity auctions (whether live, silent, virtual, or hybrid) are fundraising events in which guests bid to win auction items and packages. These are highly engaging events that lay the groundwork for long-term engagement with donors. Coordinate logistics of the event . Online Donations. Peer-to-Peer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. RSVPing to an event.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 31, 2007

Amazing how fast we slide right back into "real life." You have interactive workshops and role playing with 40 other CEOs, digging into issues from completely different vantage points. At an alumni event, I would get 60 seconds! Davos was only a couple of days ago and already I'm neck deep into my normal work.

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Towards Data Science

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

An event is a small, self-contained object that contains the details of something happened at some point in time e.g. user interaction. An event is generated by a producer (e.g. Traditional databases are ill-suited for storing events in high throughput event streams. online dashboard).

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Towards Data Science

APRIL 30, 2024

Spark Streaming ) Most that provide event-time-based windowing rely on ordering or have limited window triggering. Where in event time they are being computed. Sliding: The windows are defined by a window size and slide period, e.g., 30-minute windows starting every five minutes.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

The last 15 minutes of the meeting are set aside for me to interact with the volunteers and update them on operational changes or news from other parts of the Smithsonian. Interestingly, a follow up poll gave the event relatively low marks. This addition is a slide show of photographs that the volunteers email to me.

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

introduced Stories to compete with the rising popularity of Snapchat Stories, and the way we interact with social media has never been the same since! people use Instagram Stories daily and 2 out of 3 users say that the feature fosters brand interaction. 13 interactive stickers. The slide after explains the correct answer!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The final tip Leroux Miller shared acknowledges the reality that online audiences are inclined to multitask during webinars so presenters should keep their tone conversational to keep their audience engaged and consider using a webcam or live polling for interactivity. Make Presentations Social.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

This blog post was authored by Evonne Heyning, interactive media producer with TechSoup's community and social media team. Bring your questions for this one-hour interactive event hosted online at TechSoup.org, and use #NPLive to connect on Twitter. Are you looking for secrets to giving great presentations?

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